Teaching

Within the study courses in Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics is the training objective of the Bachelor's degree or Master's degree. Here, the Department sets priorities of the combustion engine and vehicle technology. Even for students with the aim of Industrial Engineering, our department offers a variety of lectures.

Trade	Content	Objectives and competences
Vehicle Technology	- Transport Development - Environment - Vehicle technology: physics, drives, chassis	Basic understanding of automotive technology and the use of the motor vehicle
Combustion Engines I	- Thermodynamics - Crankshaft - Mass balance	Basics piston engines Basics combustion engines Importance of internal combustion engines Advantages and disadvantages of the internal combustion engine
Combustion Engines II	- Mixture formation - Combustion - Consumption - Characteristics Maps	internal engine processes Impact of fuel consumption characteristics of internal combustion engines by maps and parameters
Combustion Engines III	- Adaptations, characteristics, structural design - Formation and reduction of gas emissions - In-engine measures to reduce emissions - Exhaust aftertreatment	Charging of the internal combustion engines to improve performance or downsizing Formation and reduction of pollutant emissions
Fuel injection	- Gasoline and diesel injection - Manifold and direct - Control	Understanding of the fuel injection Development of various injection Advantages and disadvantages of various injection
Design and calculation of piston engines	- Duties and specifications - Design principles - Design of the engine block, piston, connecting rod, crankshaft - Stress analysis of the components	Fundamentals of product development and the Structural design of the functional units of piston engines.
Engine and vehicle acoustics	- Fundamentals of acoustics, air and structure-borne noise - Noise (limit and guideline values, noise effect) - Psychoacoustics - Room acoustics, acoustic test chambers - Acoustic metrology evaluation - Engine and Vehicle Acoustics - Methods and measures for noise reduction	Introduction to the basic principles of acoustics, Importance of sound (noise) for environmental and product comfort Methods for noise measurement and noise assessment Derivation of measures to reduce noise Application of engine and vehicle acoustics
Measurement technology for power and machines	- Operating principles of sensors - Display and recording devices - Configuration of measuring chains - Methods of measurement - Signal Analysis - Error considerations - Practical experiments concerning performance of piston pump / compressor and internal combustion engine	Fundamentals of measuring mechanical, thermal, hydraulic and exhaust sizes Acquisition, processing and analysis of highly dynamic, periodic and non-periodic measurements statutory provisions Operating conditions for measuring equipment
Fuels and energy carriers	Einsatz verschiedener Energieträger, abhängig von den Brennverfahren oder Antriebssystemen	Flüssige, gasförmige, feste Kraftstoffe Verfügbarkeit Eigenschaften Anwendungen Elektrische Energie
hearing acoustics	Fundamentals and basic concepts, sensation sizes and their relation to physical parameters determining the loudness perception of level fluctuations, roughness, pitch, tonality, tone, binaural auditory perception	Knowledge base sizes Basic knowledge of measurement methods Basic knowledge for the characterization of environmental sounds
Piston pumps and compressors	Function, performance and structural, Special features of oscillating and rotating machines for liquids and gases	Fundamentals of reciprocating pumps / compressors and rotary piston pumps / compressors structural design
Mobile drive systems 1 and II	I: Final drives, fundamentals of drive components (without motor), energy flow, drive train, transmission, clutches, II: Electric power converter, drive components, drive system, control and regulation	Interaction of the individual drive components energy converter (thermal and electric), torque converter and axle, control and regulation of the drive system
Control electronics for motor vehicles	- Sensorik / Aktorik von Engine control units (ECU) - Aufbau und Entwicklung von ECUs - Methoden der Applikation - Regelungstechnik - Diagnose - Bussysteme (Ver5netzung v. Steuergeräten, CAN-Bus)	It is an open overview of the technical development, the structure and the function that the motor control systems of gasoline and diesel engines have

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